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The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-12
Definitions.

When Phil Armour went on the board
Of trade two years ago and bought all
the pork I'm sight" and 100000 bIrrels
Of "futuresp more than was supposed to
be IN existence. and then raised the
price from $40 per barrel to $3.50 per
barrel, clearing 81. 900 by the IDEAL" !"
that was business.
When the knights Of Labor decide
not to eat any of Arm ur's future"
meat, that is conspiracy.
When Jesse James organized q band
of men to take money out Of express
trains and take life in doing it if neces.
sary. that was outlawry, and his band
were bandits.
When Pinkerton organised q police
patrol who have murdered more men an
hundredfold than was ever killed BY the
James, boys, and accumulated more
wealth as q result of such murders than
vas ever secured by the James boys,
that's business and In the interest of
public peace and the protect on Of prop.
ertO.
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A REvOLuTIONIsT.
Brief biography OF One Of the I'm glish
Radicals.

From Reynolds Newspaper.
A representative Of .his journal called
the other day on Mr.. H. H. Champion
at his place Of business, l3 Paternoster
row, to ascertain his views Of the move.
ment in which he ha, taken 80 promi.
nent part.
1t NAV be we'll to premise that Mr..
Champion is now the proprietor of a
printing AMI publishing establishment
in which the eight hours working day
is strictly observed and the trade union
rate Of wages, nevertheless, paid.
He was not bred to the business.
Though young in years (twenty -eisht)
he is old in experience. of men and
things. He Is the son of Major. General
Champion, and was early destined for
the profession Of the army. His bearing
is military, and his manners those Of .
man Of refined taste and feeling. His
figure is erect and slim; his face deii-
cate and "sicklied DER with the pale
cast Of thought" He does not look in
the least like q Revolut ionist: but
neither did ST. Just. with the lsdy.like
countsnance. who was perhaps the most
resolute Of all the Robespierre group. |
He is not an orator. but he is an excel
lent level speaker. with the most perfect !
'elf-comwand. OF him it may bs aid,
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GEoRGIANA ,. KIRsr.

There died at Sarta Cruz. California.
on January 27. ope who was as perfect
a typeof the true woman as STARK.
WEATHER was Of the true man. "A
One Of the staunch supporters and
8 ockhoders Of Truth. subscriber and
contributor to TIE ENQUIRER. an active
member Of the International. a generous
contributor to the labor movement OF
both time and nd oney, her loss leaves q
void which will lbng be untitled. ~
A gentle womab, pure and wise and
sy mpathetic, MOTHER TO US on the Pa
cific Coast, q model Of what awoman
should be. Of VIII BIT all women will be
when the worklnemen Of this land
learn to be as brave as truthful as hon
est as she would have had them.
Heres Rosemary; that's for Re-
membrsnce; We love and we shall re-
member"
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sboold NM Is Ikea oR; - natssr II
amends ~ mods over and oyes aeAin.
the boycott sili ohsht 70 st.ck. When
I think ofths Du}yes factories the In
positions Of the 1uebsr company, the
fireman roasted y death in 6peecklss'
ocean furnaces. Gan never either for-
get or forgive.
Personally. Il cats no 6snre With me
whether those greedy cormorants have
sauared thing, wifh others or not. They
never can DO squdred with me. Il
For the man who uses DURYEA'S starch
wears Duebsr watch. eats Spreckles
sugar, rides on TIP Fifth avenue. New
YORK. or Sutter street cars. San Fran
cisco. | personally have little respect
He is a sheep and not . man. h.
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A Msdei Union,

For six years each member of the In
ternational G garmakers' Union has
been paying into the general treasury
5 cents per month Is his share Of the
co-ope erative dues. May l, this sum will
have reached $4,000. OF this $4,000
ia to be used this year to buy q large
fsctory (which will be- located in New
Y ork City) and procure raw material,
They expect to buy the entire plsnta-
ti6u CT Op, just as wholesalers now do.
TO run the factory q ty Of the best men
10 the country are to be selected, and
tSeir support and extra capital to be
used in case Of an emergency will be the
$l7 900 Of the $87, 900. The
men toIbs employed are the best cigar
makers iGNthe country. and the result of
soane viii DO that cigars which can't
be beat will be made.
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strange But True.


In speaking of the neglect and indlf.
ference Of workingmen to those who un-
seldshly eapouse and heroicallv cham
pion their cause, John Swinton says:
I'VE have attended the funeral Of
scores and hundreds Of labor papers,
many Of them we'll worthy Of the gar
lands which are not to be seen upon the
heads Of their ghosts. 1t is lamenta-
BILE tale. and reminds us of the sacri6cial
soldiers who flung themselves into the
ditch that that their comrades of the
army might not be delayedin the marcn
to the field of glory. As in New York
and our own country, so elsewhere. We
have just had from London an account
of the fate that has befsllen great and
good man who took up the labor cause
Mr.. Hyndman, whom we met Turing q
visit to London some years ago. gen
tlenan Of means. graduate of Cam.
bridge. a distinguished scholar, an ac-
complished orator, and a man of noble
soul. became interested in the grievances
of the working classes and determined
to give bis life to their service. He
started there the weekly paper Justice
he took the stump as we should say,
ravellng hither and thither, addressing
many audiences. from the little work.
ingu ems clubs in Soho to the gigantic
musters in Trafalgar square /; he became
chairman Of the Social Democratic Fed.
GRAFTON; he spent his means freely In
its work for four or five years-until at
last, according to accounts recently pub.
lished, his fortune. his home and all are
everything but the indomitable
spirit which has been displayed at the
Trafalgar square meetings. He is but
one Of many devoted men Of similar ex
perience some of them in our own coun
try. This kind Of thing is regretful or
many accounts, and above all because il
retards the great movement, which pro
ceeds 50 slowly, for the enfrsnchisement
If the working classes"
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THE WAR ON BABES.

Greed has at last reached Its climax /;
men driven to slavery and ignorant,
eowardly submission. women forced 10
hunger, nakedness aud prostitution and
now asa hnalitv children sho. down In
the streets and babies put 10 prison.
Capitalism triumphs, or supposes II
does. The dread gallows looms up in
the future IN Chicago as the penalty for
free speech; labor editors and their
wives and children stsrve all over the
land as the punishment for free press
men and women are dubbed and jailed
for exercising the right Of free as SEM
blase aud when workers dare resist by
strike or oovcott they must do 90 facing
the Winchester Of hired sssassins,
butchers OF women and children, 6ends
In human shape, killers Of the limo.
cent for bread monsv stained with blood.
The true man and woman whose face
burns at reading the outragss to which
the poor are subjected. should here and
now enlist Tor the war; enlist never to
be mustered out until these dam nable
things are stopped. until Justice Is done,
until this Republic Is 10 truth and fact
what Its founders intended It to be.
There IA but one way out. Education.
Agitation. Organization, Action.
Educate BY buying. reading aud circu.
lating the labor press.
Asitate BY pen and voice anil money.
Organize into your unloss. your
groups. assemblies and Labor Party.
Acr when the time comes at the bal.
lot boz. on strike. OF II needs must to
resist Absolutism and Imperialism at
the last with the rifle and the sword.
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SEI 81 rsn sEA1n q gElXls,

tfI ~. 80 d : = Il - - \ }.->
sAn adjt>aae aerai of .4saas ~ ~ ,
cialIy urged ~ slsiatuse - raile 4 sfess
army FOR ths supYrsslen. - The 'Knghts q
LaAor.p y.
News under the hsad of '.Pssson-als
Tells Or IN Adjutsnt- General E I
Threat'nins 70 empty sach afsen-4 8
OF arms, 70 pepper the Z. Of L;
And charging upon them an pell NELL.
The restless spirit Of STRIKES 70 quell, "
III All In The STATE Of Texas.
But, quite forgetting 10 count the cost,
He found his heroic Intentions crossed,
And al Of his calculations lost,
Dissolved and gons Ikea one-horse ffost'
Broken and scattered and shattered ane
tossed,
And counted ont aud counteflbosssd,
All in the State Of Texas. :
He found that the rank and die he sought.
The K. OF L. had already got;
Among them number OF men who Tough
Against the snobbery he now thought
To foster by having their services bought
so nary one Of the "boys" he caught,
All In the State Of Texas.
Oh. Knights! oh, knights dlsintegrate,
How do you know but they'll legislate
Destruction to You In the Lone Star State. ,
You'll never be asked TO arbitrate;
Why, Oh, why will you court the hate
OF that cantankerous slligat-
| or chap IN the State OF Texasf
| W JACK PLANE.
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TO OUR COMRADES.

| am now settled down for work as FAR
as II 10 possible to be settle uni.r the
circumstances. In no event has 1t been
intended that my stay here should be pro-
longed TO any great length six months
or a year would have oesn the limit in
any event. BIT hnd that the climate
Is serioas obstacle TO even stay Of
this length ; naturally being far from
robust and weak especially In throat
and lungs the cold and changesble
weather here has almost Frustrated me.
The work Of this issue has been done
under difficulties that make me fear the
possibility Of heightened residence in
Denver.
While here therefore l naturally de
sire to do the best possible work for the
cause not only by writing but by speak.
Ing and organizing as well aud invite
meetings and correspondence with such
objects In view.
JosKPH X. BUCHANAN Is doing hIs duty
manfully In Chicago and thu news from
him is hopeful for the CAusk 1t falls
upon Us here 10 neither fail nor falter
but to bend every energy from this mo-
ment on TO increasing the power OF this
journal for right and good.
There ars thousands Of workingmen
on the Pacific Coast who are under per-
sonal obligations to me; there are
dozens Of organic ,tions there who owe
their very existence TO my lsbors in
their behalf They eau wipe the slate
clean by taking OF their coats VOW and
going to work for this p,per; lot them
not only send their own subscriptions
but that Of their friends rs well.
There are thousands Of workingmsn
In Colorado who are under similar obli.
cations TO Josxru II. BUCHANAN. He
was too modest TO speak for himself. 1t
becomes therefore the duty of his
friends TO speak fos him. Iknow most
OF the labor leaders Of the United States.
or them all. BUCHANAN Is the bravest
the truest, tho most unselfsh, the most
intelligent. Now that he has left YOU,
YOU should make his paper double
power for good, n whip and scouree for
rogues. a beacon and an ALTAR. fire for all
true men.
In this work, In the effort to save,
purify and remodel the people OF this
land, | shall give Whatever energy aud
ability posses In cooperation with
you. II is impossible Tor me to address
you oil personally; let therefore those
words DO personal to every reader. L,t
every mau and every woman bear a
hand and do his share Of this, tho
grandest, the greatest labor that human
hands and hearts aud minds eau do let
all assist to make all men free.
b. 6. II.
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British Trade union..

A list of the registered trade unions OF
Great Britain at the close of 1885. has
just been laid before parliam ent From
this it appears chat the oldest of all the
trades unions is the kingdom is Steam
Engine Makers society Manchester,
which was established ON November 2.
1924. and has now slO. .435 accumulated
funds, an annual income Of ELL 1885. and
Z membership Of 50G2. The union DOS.
sessing the largest fund of those which
have sent in returns (though il must be
remembered that several of the largest
societies. such, for example. as the
The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-12

Apsl y sseIssy X ~ Nm. hays
fdyan 66 6sz1I alan Of thslt l3ancss). u
(nS a piaI nated .Heeil = u CArpenisrd
1S4 JolHst nth hssd6 iflssSsat Maui
AZ hjtsr THe z1nds 81 8 u orr 81 n,safion|
~ sts@sA ~ ak50. .a6I ! sHnoai income
~, ia; tHsd 'msmbssshiR a6,7el. IsE!
:ho~evsI closely prsgsej .bv ths Amsi1
apnstsd Society of ! Railway Servants 81
lEpelAadI tIeainA. Scetlaud sud WsiesI
wAqsS sadd duafle1 40 n 0lss. Road
Lohd The sshndsof tEis society are
alSte 6o. .71e. With N saonual income
|of Pa Nd 9. u members.
The laRssst spnusl income k7o.o7s--
il claimed ~ ths United Society o1
BoiiermsEefs and Iron Ehipbuildsrs ol
NswcassIeIon-Tyns, With .17.oo6 mons
|bsti. and accumulated funds amounting
70 eS8. .Sl7I The Durham Miners Asso-
ciation appears to be. % far as> the rc-
turns shpN, mericallv the strongest
union il the kingdom. having 5000
members. with an income of 46.15S,
and funds amounting to E25, 9ss. Some
Of the titles of these societies show the
extensive tami6cations Of trades union.
ism. Besides the well-known trades
tho card setting machine tenters. drill.
ing and cutters "of the River Wear
Ddtch yeast importers, trimmers and
teemers. cfsbbers and singers. silk-ball
ers, potlers' mold makers. boot top cut
ters. hammermen, tin-canister makers
carriage straighteners. tape sisers, chip
pers and drillers. brass cock finishers
the alnalgamated chimney sweeps, and
amicable wool staplers. and the rundlet
coopers- all these and many more have
separate trade organisations Of theil
own for mutual protection.
| Women. too. have learned the utility
Of combination, as may be gathered
from the titles of many of the unious
and associations.
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q Mirabeau prophetieally observed 81
Robespierre. "Thatman will go iar he' |
believes every word he says.p bs|
Mr.. Champion was eddcated q fGi3
borough college, under the head 'm1st,
ship Of Canon Farrar. whose sstimAt9
the Revolutionist's charscter and ksl6nte
il very high. On Sunday. Novem6eS Y
the canon in sermon preached II
Westminster Abbey quoted, With Ap-1
proval, whole page fome Nj. Cham
pion's notewcsthy pa32phlet, ~The Facts
About the UnemploYa6." From Mari
borough college Mr.. Champion passed.
with distinction into the military acadE
emy. Woolwich. In 1873 he obtained
commission in thef fA,lers. and went
to India with his battery. His battery,
however. not being sbst at once to the
scene Of action in Afehanistan. he de-
voted himself TO study. and passed an
examination in native languages In the
shortest period on record. THIS secured
him lucrative appointment which,
however. he threw up to reioin his bait
tery when it was eventually ordered to
the front. He marched through the
desert TO tho relief or Candahar after
the disaster at Maiwand. NAt Quetta he
contracted typhoid fever. and his life
was despaired of. Rallying somewhat,
he was presented with the Afghan
medal, and sent hoYe ona wears sick
leave. He then travelled il search Of
health, chiefly in the United States OF
America, and there his whole ideas OF
life and duty were Revolutionised bY
the writings of Mr.. Henry George,
which he picked up in Boston. Massal
chusetts. His period of sick leave exl
piring, he rejoined his battery In En-
gland, and was appointed adjutant Of
artillery at the important station ol
Portsmouth. He was one of the
youngest adjutants in the army. and hla
prospects among the brightest. But al
this stage the Egyptian war broke out
and Mr.. Champions whole soul revolted
against fighting in such a quarrel. He
had read Mr.. Seymour's scathins
"Spolling the Egyptians" and both rea
son and conscience imperatively re-
qulred that he should resign his com
mission. TINS, however, he was unable
to do until the very dav Of the battle O
Tel-el-Kebir, when he sent in his papers
Mr.. Champion then came to Londor
and devoted a year 70 the STUDY of socia
problems. He founded what is nos
the English Land Restoration League
and was its first treasurer. He busiet
himself IN gettiug up meetings fol
Henry George and Michael Davitt il
st. James, hall, and took the all bu
irrevocable step, on Whit Monday, 1888
of joining the Social Democratic Fed
Grafton.
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CoxRADi LrAHf Of this city who only
few weeks ago lbst his little girl. has
this week suffered the loss bv scarlet
fever Of bis four. year old son. Words
are powerless we know TO console; but
all extend. to him the hand-grip Of
earnest sympathy in his great sorrow.
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Notice to linton. ana =. Az.

Burnette g. Haskell, present editor Of The
ENQUIRER, Is prepared to make engage
ments to lecture for any of the Unions or as
semblies. Subjects: "Organization;" "The
Labor Question:" "The Causes and Rene
dies Of Poverty" "Why Farmers are Poor"
"The Ideal Man," True Americsnism; -
Scientific Society" For terms address this
office.
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NATIONAL LABOR UNIONS.

BARERs. George Block, General Secretary
looWilliam street, New York.
BOILER MAkERs.-TlJ. Curran, President,
2N Spring street, NY.
B9oK-kEHPERs CLERKS included. Tom
VNeill, General Secretary 10, Hoyt
street. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bottle BLawERs eastern Division) IF.
:. Tcinlin, President 10 Third street.
Brooklyn, NY.
ooFTtE BLOWERS (Westem Dlvision).-
Louis Arlington. President, Michigan
City. Indiana.
B1fwERs (Journeymsu).
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risE BoYcorr.

Personally, am iirm believer In the
boycott. But the milk and water thing
nov known BY that name l deiest.
When We put the boYcoss On . man Il
The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-12

The. great dailies o the North were
once the servils tools bf the slave power,
ss they are TO-DAY the servils tools Of
monopoly and money West Gardner
(Masmehusetts) Democrat. +
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For What Are the Peopl. Taxedt
]. To support an office-holding aris.
tocracy.
2. To support railroad aristocracy.
3. To support landlord arlstocracy.
4. To support banking aristocracy.
B. Tosupport professional aristoc.
rscy.
8. To support trading aristocracy.
4. To support monopolist aristoc.
racy.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-12
BRICKLAYERs.

NBricklayers' lnternationa Union. No. /. OF
COLORADO, meets the second and fourth Mon.
day evenings in each month, at No. $40 Lari
mer strset, Denver, Colorado.
JAMES COOK, Sec'y. M. SULLIVAN,
\lVS Blake Street. President.
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IRON MOLpRRs.

lion Molders' Union, meets every second
and fourth Tuesday of each month at Reno
Hall, Twenty-seventh and Holiday, at 1880 D.
m. ]. ]. SMITH, Cor. &c.,,
lois Holiday street.
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CARPENTERs.

Carpenters Union, No. IS, Of the Brother.
mood Of America. meets every Saturday
evening at Euclid Hall. All good Carpenters
are invited TO Join.
E. 9. WALLACE, President,
T. r. LARIMER, Rec. Sec.,
A. E. GILMAN, Cor. Sec.
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After you have read this ENQUIRER, wrap
1t up and mail 1t to some friend or fellow
wage worker and send him on postal at the
same time request to subscribe.
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,TAII,ORs.

The Tailors Protective Society. Of Denver
meets In Judge Jeffries court room,
O'Clock p. M, on the first Monday Of each
month. D.J. MORAN, President.
T. HAMLIN, Secretary.
Room IS Skinner Block.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-12
PLAsTERERs' UNION.

The Plasterers' Union, of Denver, meet.
every Monday eveningat 1880 O'Clock, In ST
Joseph's Temperance Hall, corner Fifteenth
and Stout streets.
HARRY COLE, President.
CHARLES M. McCABE, Secretary.
n Address, l60 East 18th street,
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FEDERATED TRADES.

Headq uartefs of the Representative coun.
oil Of the Federated Trades and Labor Organ-
tzatiOns Of the Pacific coast, Is at Huddy's
ball, 909L Market, San Francisco, California.
w. A. BUSHNELL, President,
E. D. McKENLEY,>Cor Sec.
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Respectable robbery is what Judge
Daniels Of the supreme court of New
York calls specializing In futures.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-12

Why is 1t that those who do the work of
the world, do not obtain the fruits Of that
work?
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a LABOR CLASSIC.
The Justly Celebrated Brick Yard
Drama" Repub-
lished.

Persone "A successful father aged 80, and
an enquiring son aged
Son: What place is this. Pa?
Father: This. nv child, Is brick
yard.
8. Whose brickyard is 1t, Pa?
F. It belongs to me, nv child.
s. Do those big piles Of brick belong
to vou. Pa? 90
F. Yes. my son.
s. Do those dirty men belong to you
too, Pa?
F., No, my child. There is no more
slavery in this country; those are free
men.
S. What makes them werk so hard,
Pa?
F. They are working for living, my
son.
S. Why do they work for living,
Pa?
F. Because they are poor, and are
obliged to work. my child. :
s. How is it that they are poor when
they work 30 hard?
F. l don't know, my child.
S. Don't somebody steal from them
what they earnf
F. No, my child. What makes you
ask such ridiculous questions?
s. I thought perhaps some Of that
dirty clay got in their ewes and blinded
them. But, Pa, don't the brick belong to
them after they have made them?
F. No, my child, they belong to me.
s. What are the bricks made Of, Pa ?
F. Clay, my son. N i
S. What That dirt 1 see down
there?
F. Yes, my child. Nothing else.
s. Who does the dirt belong to2
F. II belongs to me, my son.
S. Did you make the dirt, Pa?
F. No, my child. God made it. I.
s. Did he make it for you especially,
Par
F. No, my child. 1 bought it.
8. Bought it of Code +
F. No. l bought itlike buy any
thing else.
s. Did the man you bought 1t of buy
it of God? +
F. l don't know. nv child ask me
something easy.
S. Anyway it's a good thing you've
got the land, isn't it, Pa?
F. Why, my son?
y. Because you'd have to make
bricks for a living like th ,se horrid men.
Shall | have to work for a living when
Pm man? =?
F. No. my boy. I'll leave you the
land when die. >
). Don't people turn into clay when
they're dead, Pa?
+. What remains of them is clay, nv
son.
5. When are YOU going to die, Pa?
F. | don't know, my son. Why do
you ask
s. Nothing, only l was thinking
what a hard old brick your clay would
make. ]. ]. MARTIN.
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TopoLoBAMpo.

The Enquirer" Hsncsforth 10 Furnish
ondiai News.
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For What Are the Peopl. Taxed,

BoYcorT-J. Lusk's Canned Fruits Of San
Francisco.
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BoYcorr- -Armour's Canned Goods o.
Chicago. v
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BRICK MoULDERs' & Settlers UNION.
Meets every Thursday evening at 557 Down.
ing avenue, at o'clock. p.1l-l-So
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-01-27

AN effort Is being made to patch up "a
truce with the House Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures on the
subject of the trade dollar, so as to have
some legislation the present session
looking to the redemption of the
prescribed coin, and thus give re-
lief to the people who are possessed of
the trade dollars and cannot pass them
except at great discount. The trouble
with the committee is, 1t insists that
the trade dollars redeemed by the gov
ernment shall in no way interfere with
the monthly purchase of two millions
Of silver as demanded by the standard
dollar act, while the opponents OF silver
will not consent that the trade dollars
be redeemed II silver coin to the extent
of their circulation Is to be added to the
volume already current.